Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-01
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New YORK (Miller) had not the slight
est idea Of the bin becoming law.
Mr.. Van Wyck renewed his amend
mont extending the application of the
bill to swine plague aud cholera and
other contagious diseases among swine.
Adopted and the bill was passed
yeas, 30 nays, 10.
YBAs.-Mcssra Allison, Beck, Blackburn.
Blair, Bower, Cameron, Cheney, Cockreli. Cul,
ION, Dawes, Evarts, Fair. Hale, Harrison, In
gals, MCMILLAN, Malone, Henderson Miller.
Morrill,, Palmer. Payne, Plumb. Rlddloborger
sabin, sherman, spooner, Teller, Van wyck,
voorhees,. Williams, ana Wilson Of Iowa-s2
EAYs.-Messrs. Berry, Butler, Coke. Col
omit. George, German, Hampton, Harris, Haw-
ley, Jones OF Arkansas, Maxey, Morgan Platt
Iugh, Vance, Vest, Waithall, Whitthorne and
wilson Of Moryland-is
Pairs were announced between
Messrs. Brown and Dolph, Kenna and
Mitchell of Oregon, Salisbury and
Sawyer. Farwell and Gray, and Frye
and Edmunds.
Mr.. Edmunds, from the conference
committee on the bill respecting fish
cries, made long report as to the diff
ficulties existing in the conference and
which prevented an agreement.
The subject was temporarily dropped,
end, on motion OF Mr. Wilson, Of Iowa,
the Senate bill TO prohibit the mailing
Of newspapers and other periodicals
containing lottery advertisements was
taken up and passed.
After secret session OF twenty
minutes the Senate adjourned.
House Of Representatives.
Mr.. Holman, OF Indiana, asked
unanimous consent that the reading OF
| the journal be dispensed with, but Mr.
Brady, Of Virginia, interposed an OBJ
| lection.
The House went into Committee OF
the Whole (Mr. Springer in the chair
on the Legislative appropriation bill.
Mr.. ButterwOrth, in the course OF his
remarks, especially condemned the
committee for what he called cheese
| pairing system of economy, on which the
bill was framed, and instanced the case
of the ciyil-service commission pro
vision, for which it had been cut down
below the amount absolutely indispen-
sable for the discharge of its duties.
He accused the Democratic party o.
endeavoring TO destroy the civil-service
| reform law by indirection, which it was
afraid to do directly.
Mr.. Cabell, OF Virginia, placed the
blame OF the backward condition of the
pending bill upon the House itself, and
declared that the responsibility did not
rest on the Committee on Appropria-
tons.
Mr.. Randall said that it had become
the fashion to blame the Committee on
| Appropriations for delaying and inter
fering with legislation and with doing
| this, that and the other. II was always
very nice to have some one else to
blame. The committee did not merit
the criticisms directed against it.
The bill was then read 10y paragraphs
for amendments
Mr.. Blanchard, OF Louisiana, raised
= point of order against the words Z" i'll
full compensation in the appropriating
clause of the bill A long and uninte-
resting discussion ensued and lasted for
nearly two hours, when the Chair sub
mitted the point of order to the deci
sion of the committee. The committee
decided-165 to 2i-that the point was
well taken. and the words were stricken
from the bill. A point of order was
raised against an appropriation for the
salaries of couple of clerks of the
House, being a reduction in their sala-
lies. The point was overruled, and
Mr.. FELTON,, of California, appealed
from the decision of the Chair. A long
and noisy discussion ensued, and then
the committee sustained the decision of
the Chair-l22 TO 66.
The committee then rose, and, on
motion of Mr.. Holman, it was ordered
that when the eulogies of the late Rep
resentatiye Cole, of Maryland, are con
cluded this evening the House shall re
sume the consideration of public bust
| ness.
The House, ut j:l5, took a recess I'M
! til 1880 =. NJ.
After the recess the House, after the
turmoil of the noisiest and most con
fusing day of the present session, pro
ceeded to the consideration of resolu-
tons expressive OF regret at the demise
of Representative Cole, of Maryland,
and honoring his memory. The reso-
mtions were unanimously adopted.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole on the Legislative appro-
priation bill. There seemed to be a
strong disposition to override the Com
mittee on Appropriations, and despite
the earnest protests of Mr.. Holman,
who warned the Democrats that III
stead of retreuching expenditures they
were entering upon an extravaganza OF
anproprintions unknown since 1878, q
number of amendments were adopted
increasing the salaries of several of the
House officials. Matters then ran along
with comparative smoothness, though
amid much confusion and hilarity, and
no hitch occurred until the clause rela
tive To the Civil-Service Commission
WAS reached, when, upon a point OF or
der. the provision that the approprla
ton for the commission shall not Dl
available until the rule excluding from
examination applicants over forty-hv'
wears of age shall be abolished Wa
ruled out. The determined fight whicl
has been waeed against the bill Tor th'
past two days was then apparently abail
doned and rapid progress was made II
the measure.
40 A. M.-Without having con
cluded the consideration of half OF tho
hill the committee rose and the HOUSE
took a recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
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